Publication Policy
All authors who have submitted articles for publication are deemed to have accepted the following items.
• The submitted article is an original study. All authors have individually participated in and taken responsibility for this study.
• The article has not been published in any printed and/or electronic journal before and is not currently under evaluation for publication in another journal.
• The article's text, figures, photographs, documents, and other visuals do not violate the copyrights of individuals or institutions.
• The relevant journal editors are not responsible for claims or lawsuits filed by third parties due to copyright infringement; all responsibility belongs to the author/authors.
• The article contains no criminal elements or illegal statements; no illegal materials or methods are used during the research.
• The article complies with ethical rules and does not cause any harm when the specified materials and methods are used.
• All authors accept the author responsibilities, ethical principles, open access, copyright, licensing, and publication policies determined by the journal.
• All authors acknowledge that they have seen the final version of the submitted article and approved its results.
• All authors acknowledge that they have entered their contact information completely and accurately into DergiPark.

Review Process
The first evaluation of the studies submitted to the journal is reviewed by the editor in terms of compliance with the subject and the journal's principles. If the article does not fit the journal's theme, the authors will be informed as soon as possible. Due to the increasing number of applications, the preliminary evaluation process is intensive. The editorial board secretary makes technical preliminary evaluations by checking the compliance of the article with the journal's writing rules and publication principles within one week. If the study suits the journal, it is directed to the field editor. The field editor evaluates the studies in terms of compliance with the journal criteria, language, and scientific quality, and notifies the editor of any necessary corrections. After the corrections are completed, the review process of the study begins. If there is no correction, the section editor's evaluation and review process starts within 15 days. Reviewers have the right to give corrections more than once and to see again after the correction. The reviewer decisions and the final version of the study are notified to the editor, and the editorial board decides whether the article will be published according to the evaluations. The reviewer evaluation period is 15 days for each article; additional time requests may be made due to workload. The blind review system is used in the evaluation process

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Bodrum Journal of Art and Design applies scientific publication ethics to the highest standards and considers the recommendations and guidelines developed by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Manuscripts submitted to the journal go through a double-blind peer-review process by being reviewed by an editor and at least two reviewers. Article submitted for publication should not be published elsewhere or waiting in line for publication.

Author’s Responsibilities
Authors should provide an accurate description of the work done and an objective discussion of its significance. An article should contain the necessary details and references to allow citation.
Authors should ensure that the submitted work is original, and if authors have used other works, it should be properly cited. All sources used in the study should be specified. Plagiarism constitutes any unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Authors may be required to provide raw data in connection with an article for editorial review, and data must be stored for a reasonable period of time after publication.
The submitted article should not be published elsewhere or waiting in line for publication. Submitting the same study to more than one journal at the same time is considered unethical behavior.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the work. All contributors must be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author ensures that all contributing authors are included in the author list.
All manuscripts must contain a statement explaining financial or other financial conflicts of interest that could be interpreted to affect their results or interpretation. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Reviewer’s Responsibilities
The reviewers assist the editor and the editorial board in the evaluation process, editorial decisions.
Any selected reviewer who is not qualified to review the research or is written in a paper or knows that it will be impossible to review within the specified time period should notify the editor and not be involved in the review process.
Reviewers should keep the information or ideas obtained in the evaluation confidential.
Reviewers should not have any conflict of interest. Unpublished material described in a submitted article may not be used in reviewers' research.
The reviewers evaluate the articles irrespective of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophies. Evaluations should be done objectively. Referees should express their opinions with supporting documents.
Reviewers should identify cases where the published work cited in the article is not cited in the reference section. It is obliged to report any significant similarity or overlap with previously published articles.

Editor Responsibilities
Editor's responsibility is to decide which articles will be published in the journal. The editor evaluates the articles irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship or political philosophies. The decision to be taken should be based on the accuracy, validity and importance of the article and the appropriateness of the scope of the journal. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism should also be considered.
Editors ensure that all information about the submitted manuscript is kept confidential until it is published. Authors should not allow any conflict of interest or competition between editors and reviewers.
Unpublished material described in a submitted article may not be used in editors' research.

Plagiarism Scan
All articles submitted for publication are scanned with iThenticate (Plagiarism Detection Software). More than 20% is not accepted for publication.

Research and Publication Ethics
For studies conducted since 2020, ethics committee approval should be obtained for studies that require ethics committee approval, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article. In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last pages of the article. Studies that require the approval of the Ethics Committee are as follows:
All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques.
The use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical studies on humans,
Research on animals,
Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law.